In a move that could drastically alter the landscape of both NCAA basketball as well as the NBA's G League, the latter has developed a way for top American prospects to avoid the one-and-done college route, according to ESPN's Jonathan Givony.

Starting next summer, the G League will offer "select contracts" worth $125,000 to elite prospects who are 18 or older but not yet eligible for the NBA draft.

The Memphis Grizzlies' G League affiliate is the Memphis Hustle, which plays its home games at the Landers Center in Southaven, Mississippi.

As outlined in the story, this initiative was spurred by criticism from Barack Obama and Rice Commission. “The basketball community called for the NBA to enhance our G League offerings,” Malcolm Turner told me. “We believe this is an answer to that call." https://t.co/pjsJgt4GSE

The new system will be "geared towards facilitating and accelerating their transition to the pro game," G League President Malcolm Turner told ESPN.

The Commission on College Basketball recommended the NCAA and NBA consider alternate options for the one-and-done players.

"Elite high school players with NBA prospects and no interest in a college degree should not be forced to attend college, often for less than a year," commission chair Condoleezza Rice told the Associated Press. "One-and-done has to go, one way or another."